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15 Oct 2021, 08:37 PM | #1 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Sep 2005
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This forwarding service is interesting
1. you don't need to create the alias by hand, just write to the address, the alias will be created automatically.
2. you can reply from the alias as well to hide your real email address. https://erine.email/ |
15 Oct 2021, 10:35 PM | #2 |
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Email forwarding services seem to be popping up all over--I thought email forwarding was supposed to be dead! This could be a useful service, but the proof is in the performance or lack thereof--I have not used it so can't say anything about that. One problem with these services where you create addresses on the fly is how do you keep track of all the email addresses you are using? I find that sometimes I need to do something like check on an order I placed maybe last year and even with a limited number of addresses it is often a guessing game. Frankly, with Gmail's spam filtering being so good I almost never see one in my Inbox and if I do I can eliminate it quite quickly by telling Gmail. I do see some false positives in Gmail's Spam folder, but for me it is only maybe five or six a month. I just check the folder on occasion and it is good. I'm not sure why, but I am getting very little Spam these days. I just checked and my Gmail Spam folder only contains seven items for the last month (they get automatically deleted after 30 days).
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16 Oct 2021, 08:20 AM | #3 |
Master of the @
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Thats neat,ya must have to goto thier site to reply using that addy.....
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16 Oct 2021, 10:38 AM | #4 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Macao
Posts: 2,163
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16 Oct 2021, 01:18 PM | #5 |
Cornerstone of the Community
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Interesting. I use the similar SpamGourmet service, mostly when I fill out a paper list of email addresses, like for a band newsletter or something. I can also just use 'whatever@' my own domain, but sometimes I don't want to.
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17 Oct 2021, 03:01 AM | #6 | |
The "e" in e-mail
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Location: EU
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Interesting points from the erine's FAQ (with my emphasis)
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17 Oct 2021, 07:17 AM | #7 | |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Macao
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18 Oct 2021, 07:37 AM | #8 | |
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26 Oct 2021, 12:55 AM | #9 | ||
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The creator of erine wrote: "I was a strong Spamgourmet user for years, before its discontinuation". I haven't used it recently but SG does appear to be up at the moment. Quote:
With SG there was also an account stats page that listed every address used. |
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26 Oct 2021, 04:40 AM | #10 | |
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- Bruce eta, it IS his son. Last edited by somdcomputerguy : 3 Nov 2021 at 11:54 AM. Reason: edited to add |
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3 Nov 2021, 11:52 AM | #11 |
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How different/better is this compared to, manyme.com?
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3 Nov 2021, 11:59 AM | #12 |
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4 Nov 2021, 03:24 AM | #13 |
The "e" in e-mail
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While I wouldn't assume that most (hopefully any?) people use these free forwarding services for any email of value, I am always skeptical of hobby projects.
I certainly don't want to discredit the good intentions of smart, generous people, yet nothing is free. So what are these developers getting out of these services? |